Lucerne Elementary

Located at 3351 Country Club Dr., in Lucerne, California, Lucerne Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary-level community that enrolls 282 students (grades K through 8), one of the schools within Lucerne Elementary. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Lucerne Elementary sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.

Lucerne Elementary sits inside Lucerne Elementary, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Lucerne Elementary lists that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 41% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Lucerne Elementary has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 84% of students at Lucerne Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Lake County's rate of about 73%.

With demographic context factored in, Lucerne Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.2%; this one delivers 28.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $60,621 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Lake County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,167 students), of which Lucerne Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Lakeport Elementary, roughly 6.9 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lucerne Elementary at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 18.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lucerne Elementary has edged up 7%, going from 263 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 41% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

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